Devastating defeat for Sam
04 Nov 2007 - 11:40:54
Newcastle United boss Sam Allardyce admitted that he was devastated by his side's 4-1 home thrashing at the hands of Portsmouth.
Pompey stormed into a three-goal lead within the first 11 minutes at St James' Park and never looked like surrendering their advantage against a shell-shocked Magpies outfit.
Allardyce said: "Disappointed is an understatement, I am devastated by what has happened here. I am completely gutted.
"What I put out on the field of play is an extension of me, it is what I am.
"The players have to go out and emulate that and put a performance on, be organised, understand how they should play, keep their shape, keep their discipline, use their abilities in the right areas and go out and use their talents in the right part of the field.
"Unfortunately, that did not happen. We lost all our discipline in the end, as well as all our shape and organisation. We were our own worst enemy.
"We lost the game in the shortest period of time ever since I have been here. That sums it up, basically.
"While you can work as hard as you want in the week and put as much into your players as you possibly can and look forward to playing at home, where we have done so well and have played with so much confidence, it was all destroyed in a 12-minute period at the beginning of the game."
